FiddleBop

FiddleBop FiddleBop plays jazz-folk! From Hot Club to jigs'n'reels and beyond, on violin, Spanish guitar, fretless bass, and passionate voices in harmony. What is this?

"Fiddlebop played an amazing set of wonderful music that delighted everyone" (Brecon Jazz Club 2024) FiddleBop plays Gypsy jazz, re-imagined for the 2020s! On violin, Spanish guitar, percussion, and fretless bass. And we sing too, with four voices in harmony. We love what we play, and it shows! "Fiddlebop played an amazing set of wonderful music that delighted everyone" (Brecon Jazz Club 2024)

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les-based FiddleBop's take on Gypsy jazz music (https://fiddlebop.org/music.html) is sophisticated but isn't stuffy or pretentious. Is danceable and exciting but not rhythmically boring. Has plenty of go-for-it improvised solos but is still tuneful and melodic. All with a dash of — or sometimes a bit more — fun and good humour 😃. And FiddleBop's "Gypsy jazz plus"? Well, for the long answer then take a look at https://fiddlebop.org/different.html. But the short answer is that FiddleBop plays Gypsy jazz — which was jointly created by Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli in 1930s Paris — updated for the 2020s. Augmented, re-imagined, re-explored, re-invented. Brought up to date, and very eclectic. Genre-agnostic, even. But still with all the pizzazz and excitement — the Gypsy zing — of the original. All of which is why (and please excuse us since we're about to blow our own trumpet and mix our own metaphors), audiences love FiddleBop's unique Gypsy-tinged flavour of jazz music. Music which can be sweet, chilled, even mysterious at times. And music which, with its roots in the fiery Gypsy jazz tradition, is hot unto cooking. FiddleBop will get your feet stomping and your heart thumping (in a good way, of course). But don't — as the saying goes — just take our word for it: see our reviews: https://fiddlebop.org/reviews.html. See you soon at a FiddleBop gig (https://fiddlebop.org/gigs.html)? Or how about having FiddleBop play some "Gypsy jazz plus" at your festival, your club or pub, your wedding, or your party? We're friendly, we don't bite, and we cost less than you might think :-)

That was a fun gig at Abergavenny Arts Festival today! Especially as it didn't rain while we were actually playing :-) T...
06/06/2026

That was a fun gig at Abergavenny Arts Festival today! Especially as it didn't rain while we were actually playing :-) Thanks to Jonathan Davies for the photos.

31/05/2026
Lovely gig at The Magic Lantern cinema in Tywyn last night. It's such a quirky, lovely place! Go and visit if you are in...
16/05/2026

Lovely gig at The Magic Lantern cinema in Tywyn last night. It's such a quirky, lovely place! Go and visit if you are in the area!

Live at the Old Street Tavern, Ludlow, on 3 April 2026. And didn't we have fun?
05/04/2026

Live at the Old Street Tavern, Ludlow, on 3 April 2026. And didn't we have fun?

05/04/2026
Brilliant pics of Tuesday evening's gig by Barry Hill :-)
11/12/2025

Brilliant pics of Tuesday evening's gig by Barry Hill :-)

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The Barn, Cefn-Yr-Allt, Crickadarn
Builth Wells
LD23AJ

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+441982560726

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